Antonyms are words that have the opposite meanings change the underlined word to its antonym

Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning in relation to other words in
proposal. Using antonyms can help us improve our writing and vocabulary skills
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Definition of antonyms

An Antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. For example, the antonym
«hot» can be «cold». The root words for the word «antonym» are the words » anti»,
meaning «against» or «opposite» and «onym» meaning «name».

To better understand antonyms, let’s look at what the word «synonym» means. The synonym is
a word that has a meaning similar to or exactly the same meaning as another word. Synonyms
and antonyms are exactly the opposite.

Why are antonyms important?

Oddly enough, to better understand the meaning of a word, we can look at its antonym or
opposite value. For example, take the word «surly». The definition of «gloomy» — » gloomy
or sullen humor.» Sometimes even reading a dictionary is not enough to give us a complete
understanding of the word. Most dictionaries also provide synonyms and antonyms.

For Example, here are a few listed synonyms for the word «surly»: «surly», » sour»,
«sullen».
In addition, here are a few antonyms: «cheerful» and «optimistic». Now we know that
the opposite of «Moody» is cheerful and even optimistic! A look at synonyms and antonyms
does give us a clearer definition.

Using antonyms in writing

Sometimes we
we find it difficult when trying to choose the best word in a sentence, or we are too often
we use the same words. For example,
we can look for a word that means the opposite of» manly, » but we want to
choose a different word than » scared.» Let’s
let’s take the antonym challenge and see if we can find the best word!

When we search for the word
«manly» and scroll down to the list of antonyms, we see words like:
«cowardly» and «weak-willed». These words are more vivid than the word «scared», and
by using brighter words in our writing, we improve our writing.

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Definition of Antonym

An antonym is a semantic term for words that have opposite meanings or definitions. To simply put it, an antonym is an opposite of another word. The term “antonym” has been derived from a Greek word antonumia, which means counter name.

It is, in fact, a sense relation or binary relationship between words that have opposite or contradictory meanings. For instance, in the sentence, “You forget what you want to Remember and you Remember what you want to forget” (The Road, by Cormac McCarthy), the underlined words “forget” and “remember” are opposites to one another. In other words, they are antonyms of one another.

Difference Between Antonym and Synonym

Antonyms are pairs of words that have opposite meanings, such as: night-day, bright-dull, and wet-dry. Synonyms, on the other hand, are a group of words having similar meanings. Most words have synonyms. Verbs, nouns, prepositions, adjectives, and adverbs have synonyms, provided they belong to the same parts of speech.

Types of Antonym

There are three types of antonym, which are:

1. Graded Antonyms – Graded antonyms use words having variations between two opposites. For instance, the words “big” and “little” are opposite; however, they can use a variety of other words with opposite meanings such as:
   1. Big, bulky, full-size, huge / petite, slight, and little
   2. Smart, clever, canny, bright / stupid, dim, obtuse, foolish, unwise
   3. Happy, pleased, joyful, ecstatic / sad, gloomy, dejected, miserable
   4. Healthy, vigorous, fit, strong / sick, unwell, ill, ailing
2. Relational or Converse Antonyms – Relational antonyms use word pairs having a close relationship in which each word cannot exist without the other, or one word has only a single relational opposite. For example:
   1. Front-back
   2. Open-close
   3. Husband-wife
   4. Hello-goodbye
3. Complimentary Antonyms – Complimentary antonyms use word pairs that are absolute opposites. They can independently exist without each other, such as a daughter is not the complimentary opposite of a son in the family. Similarly girls can exist without their complimentary opposites, boys. Some of these are given below:
   1. True-false
   2. Dead-alive
   3. Male-female
   4. On-off
   5. Daughter-son
   6. Yes-no

Examples of Antonyms in Literature

Example #1: The Plain Man and His Wife (by Arnold Bennett)

“If you ask me whom I mean by the plain man, my reply is that I mean almost every man. I mean you. I certainly mean me. I mean… the successful and the unsuccessful, the idle and the diligent, the luxurious and the austere.”

This is a good example of graded antonyms, as “successful” is opposite to “unsuccessful,” while “idle” is opposite to “diligent,” and “luxurious” is exactly opposite to “austere.”

Example #2: The World As I See It (by Albert Einstein)

“Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”

The above example has used the graded antonyms “inner” and “outer,” “give” and “received,” and complimentary antonyms “living” and “dead.”

Example #3: Hamlet (by William Shakespeare)

“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the Night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

In this excerpt, Shakespeare has used graded antonyms “night” and “day,” and absolute or complimentary antonyms “living” and “dead.”

Example #4: A Tale of Two Cities (by Charles Dickens)

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…”

Dickens has beautifully used antonyms in this passage. “Best” is opposite to “worst,” “wisdom” is opposite to “foolishness,” and likewise “belief” and “incredulity,” “light” and “darkness,” “hope” and “despair” are all graded antonyms.

Function of Antonym

The function of antonyms, in both speech and writing, is important because they highlight or emphasize the main idea of a text or speech. In literature, antonyms are used in different literary devices such as in synecdoche and paradox. These devices make some features of a character, or some quality in a person prominent. Antonyms also are helpful tools in narration, argumentation, description, and explanation. Antonyms also play an important role in language acquisition.

As you work with your draft, you will want to pay particular attention to the words you have chosen. Do they express exactly what you are trying to convey? Can you choose better, more effective words? Familiarity with synonyms and antonyms can be helpful in answering these questions.

Synonym definition

A synonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression that has the same meaning as another, or almost the same meaning. Synonyms are other words that mean the same thing. This avoids repetitions in a sentence without changing its meaning.

Antonym definition

An antonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression whose meaning is opposite to that of a word. Antonyms are used to express the opposite of a word.

Use of synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms and antonyms are intended to:

• — Enrich a text, an email, a message.
• — Avoid repetitions in a text.

Examples of synonyms

The words acknowledge, enjoy, welcome are synonyms for «appreciate».

Examples of antonyms

The words blockage, encumbrance, handicap are antonyms for «help».

Use of synonyms-thesaurus.com

In your daily life, for writing an email, a text, an essay, if you want to avoid repetitions or find the opposite meaning of a word. This site allows you to find in one place, all the synonyms and antonyms of the English language. Synonyms-thesaurus.com is more than 70,800 synonyms and 47,200 antonyms available.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

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What are synonyms? Synonyms are words that have similar meanings.
You can use a synonym to replace a word in a sentence, and the sentence will still have the same meaning. Think fast! Synonyms have similar meanings.

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Examples Painting and Picture Mad and Angry Rabbit and Bunny
Rocks and Stones

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What are antonyms? Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.
If you change a word in a sentence to its antonym, the sentence changes to mean the opposite. For example, “my hair is wet” means the opposite of “my hair is dry.”

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Examples Happy and Sad Add + and Subtract — Country and City
Wet and Dry

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Synonyms make a good fit, Antonyms are the opposite!
Remember! Synonyms make a good fit, Antonyms are the opposite!

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Think Fast!

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Synonyms or Antonyms? 1. Silly and Funny

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Synonyms or Antonyms? Synonyms

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Synonyms or Antonyms? 2. Lose and Win

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Synonyms or Antonyms? 3. Smile and Grin

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Synonyms or Antonyms? 4. Throw and Toss

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Synonyms or Antonyms? 5. Good and Bad

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Synonyms or Antonyms? 6. Sick and Unwell

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Synonyms or Antonyms? 7. Store and Market

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Synonyms or Antonyms? 8. Excited and Bored

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